Oil News and Gas News
May 30, 2017
OIL AND GAS
U.S. oil production centers shift away from hurricane belt



Washington (UPI) May 26, 2017
An above-normal hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean could be problematic for the U.S. energy industry, but data show shifting production patterns may spare oil. Meteorologists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center said this year's hurricane season in the Atlantic, which extends from June 1 through Nov. 30, is more than likely to be active. There's only a 20 percent change for a below-normal hurricane season and a 70 percent chance of at least tw ... read more

OIL AND GAS
Low gas prices expected for Memorial Day weekend
Washington (UPI) May 26, 2017
Gas prices could be working in favor of the consumer for the long holiday weekend as weak demand and OPEC spark a market downturn, GasBuddy said. ... more
OIL AND GAS
OPEC, non-OPEC alliance not strong enough to limit North America
Washington (UPI) May 26, 2017
The alliance between OPEC and non-OPEC producers is strong, but not strong enough to derail production momentum from North America, analysis finds. ... more
OIL AND GAS
FAR Ltd. taps oil prospect offshore Senegal
Washington (UPI) May 26, 2017
Operations started Friday for the first pure exploration well off the coast of Senegal since a major discovery in 2014, Africa-focused FAR Ltd. said. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Oil prices manage soft rebound after Thursday's slump
Washington (UPI) May 26, 2017
Crude oil prices staged a soft recovery in early Friday trading as better-than-expected growth in the U.S. economy brought some players back to the table. ... more


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Fifty years of Lagos. But what about the next 50?
Lagos (AFP) May 26, 2017
The Nigerian megacity of Lagos, with its 20 million inhabitants, is the biggest in sub-Saharan Africa and is celebrating its 50th anniversary. ... more
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Russia's Gazprom in talks with Iran
Washington (UPI) May 26, 2017
Russia's natural gas giant Gazprom may be eager to establish closer ties in the opening Iranian energy sector, Russian media reported. ... more
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New oil production starts offshore Brazil
Washington (UPI) May 26, 2017
Production started from a floating production platform off the coast of Brazil that can process up to 150,000 barrels of oil per day, Royal Dutch Shell said. ... more
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Preliminary data show Texas oil production down year-on-year
Washington (UPI) May 25, 2017
Preliminary data for March show total crude oil production from Texas was up slightly from the previous month, but lower year-on-year. ... more
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Budget for shale-rich Oklahoma disappoints
Washington (UPI) May 25, 2017
A budget proposal on the table for 2018 in shale-rich Oklahoma leaves the state with too many funding gaps, Gov. Mary Fallin said. ... more
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Michigan, a volatile market for gas prices, sees demand go up
Washington (UPI) May 25, 2017
Drivers in Michigan, one of the most volatile markets for gasoline, are putting slight pressure on demand because of economic conditions, a state report found. ... more


Oil prices lower as OPEC reviews extending production cut deal

OIL AND GAS
Iran networking with energy companies from Vienna
Washington (UPI) May 25, 2017
Iranian officials in Vienna worked the sidelines at a meeting Thursday to discuss possible gas development deals with European companies, state media reported. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Wood Mac: Don't expect an OPEC-fueled rally in crude oil prices
Washington (UPI) May 25, 2017
An extension of a managed production decline agreement led by OPEC won't have much of a long-term impact on crude oil prices, Wood Mackenzie found. ... more
OIL AND GAS
A new material for purifying natural gas
Paris, France (SPX) May 26, 2017
The fields of gas filtration and purification require materials whose porosity can be perfectly controlled. Zeolites, which are porous inorganic compounds, are the most frequently used today, althou ... more
OIL AND GAS
New North Sea production to start in June
Washington (UPI) May 24, 2017
The Norwegian government said Wednesday it gave its consent to energy company Statoil for the June start of new oil and gas production from a North Sea field. ... more





Discovery of an alga's 'dictionary of genes' could lead to advances in biofuels, medicine
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 26, 2017
Plant biologists and biochemists from UCLA, UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco have produced a gold mine of data by sequencing the genome of a green alga called Chromochloris zofingiensis. Scientists have learned in the past decade that the tiny, single-celled organism could be used as a source of sustainable biofuel and that it produces a substance called astaxanthin, which may be useful fo ... more
Daegu, South Korea (SPX) May 30, 2017
New photocatalyst speeds up the conversion of carbon dioxide into chemical resources
Nagoya, Japan (SPX) May 30, 2017
Nagoya University researchers break down plastic waste
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) May 22, 2017
A full life cycle assessment of second-generation biofuels
Solar cells more efficient thanks to new material standing on edge
Lund, Sweden (SPX) May 26, 2017
Researchers from Lund University in Sweden and from Fudan University in China have successfully designed a new structural organization using the promising solar cell material perovskite. The study shows that solar cells increase in efficiency thanks to the material's ability to self-organise by standing on edge. The current research study deals with perovskite, a new and promising material ... more
Moscow, Russia (SPX) May 26, 2017
How to obtain highly crystalline organic-inorganic perovskite films for solar cells
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) May 26, 2017
Smart reform the key to unlock energy storage revolution
Pennsauken NJ (SPX) May 26, 2017
Keystone lowers energy costs with rooftop solar installation in New Jersey


U.S. states taking up wind energy mantle
Washington (UPI) May 25, 2017
Gains in wind power in the United States are coming up from the state level, with California among the leaders, an industry report found. A report from the sidelines of a wind energy conference in California from the American Wind Energy Association finds the sector supports more than 100,000 jobs in the country. The state hosting the event is one of the national leaders in wind energy ... more
Anaheim, CA (SPX) May 28, 2017
GE Energy Financial Services Surpasses $15 Billion in Renewable Energy Investments
Solomons MD (SPX) May 10, 2017
Scientists track porpoises to assess impact of offshore wind farms
The Hague (AFP) May 8, 2017
Dutch open 'world's largest offshore' wind farm
Why nuclear could become the next 'fossil' fuel
Homestead, United States (AFP) May 28, 2017
A gray dinosaur statue outside south Florida's largest power plant is meant to symbolize two decommissioned fossil fuel reactors, but it also could be seen to represent a nuclear industry crumpling under mounting costs. Almost a decade ago, Turkey Point was aiming to become one of the country's largest nuclear plants. Florida Power and Light had argued that such expansion was needed to m ... more
Brussels (AFP) May 29, 2017
EU clears EDF takeover of Areva reactor business
Geneva (AFP) May 21, 2017
Swiss vote for gradual nuclear phaseout, energy makeover
Paris, France (SPX) May 22, 2017
Hungary: AREVA NP awarded contract for safety IC modernization at Paks Nuclear Power Plant
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Weathering of rocks a poor regulator of global temperatures
Seattle WA (SPX) May 26, 2017
A new University of Washington study shows that the textbook understanding of global chemical weathering - in which rocks are dissolved, washed down rivers and eventually end up on the ocean floor to begin the process again - does not depend on Earth's temperature in the way that geologists had believed. The study, published May 22 in the open-access journal Nature Communications, looks at ... more
Taormina, Italy (AFP) May 26, 2017
Paris climate commitment 'crippling' to US growth: White House
Berlin (AFP) May 29, 2017
Top economists urge 'strong carbon price' in climate fight
Sapporo, Japan (SPX) May 25, 2017
The forces that affect species' movements in a changing climate
Researchers find computer code that Volkswagen used to cheat emissions tests
San Diego CA (SPX) May 26, 2017
An international team of researchers has uncovered the mechanism that allowed Volkswagen to circumvent U.S. and European emission tests over at least six years before the Environmental Protection Agency put the company on notice in 2015 for violating the Clean Air Act. During a year-long investigation, researchers found code that allowed a car's onboard computer to determine that the vehic ... more
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) May 24, 2017
China's Geely boosts expansion with Proton, Lotus stakes
Hong Kong (AFP) May 23, 2017
Hong Kong police arrest 21 Uber drivers in sting
Beijing (AFP) May 23, 2017
China scrambles to tame bike chaos


Iraq presses Mosul assault, Bomber kills 16 at ice cream shop
Mosul, Iraq (AFP) May 30, 2017
Iraqi forces pressed forward with an offensive against jihadist-held areas of Mosul as the United Nations warned of grave danger to civilians in the final stages of the battle. More than seven months into the massive operation to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State group, Iraqi forces have retaken the city's east and large parts of its western side, but the jihadists are putting up tough ... more
Arbil, Iraq (AFP) May 27, 2017
Iraq forces launch broad attack on IS holdouts in Mosul
Baghdad (AFP) May 30, 2017
Baghdad blasts kill 27 as Iraq forces battle IS in Mosul
Baghdad (AFP) May 25, 2017
Iraq probes report of rights abuses in Mosul operation
US fears nuclear arms race in Asia-Pacific: Australia
Sydney (AFP) May 26, 2017
Senior Trump administration officials fear a nuclear arms race in Asia-Pacific if an increasingly belligerent North Korea is not reined in, Australia's foreign minister said Friday after talks in New York. Pyongyang has launched a series of missiles this year, including a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range projectile this month which the North claimed was capable of carrying a "heavy" nuclear war ... more
Taormina, Italy (AFP) May 26, 2017
Trump: North Korea 'will be solved'; As Kim touts key role
Seoul (AFP) May 30, 2017
S.Korea's Moon orders probe into undisclosed US missile launchers
Washington (UPI) May 26, 2017
Military leaders make case for $13.9B nuclear weapons budget
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Hong Kong independence duo plead not guilty over parliament chaos
Hong Kong (AFP) May 26, 2017
Two Hong Kong independence activists who were stripped of their status as lawmakers last year pleaded not guilty Friday to charges over chaos at the city's parliament. Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching were arrested last month and charged with unlawful assembly and attempted forcible entry into the legislative chamber. They belong to a new movement calling for a complete split from China fo ... more
Hong Kong (AFP) May 28, 2017
Better times? Hong Kong's British nostalgia trip
Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2017
Young Chinese in the red as easy credit drives up debt
Beijing (AFP) May 26, 2017
Former top Chinese cop executed for murder
Biafra's military veterans: no regrets, 50 years on
Umuahia, Nigeria (AFP) May 29, 2017
Gabriel Ukuwagi was only 14 when he joined the Biafran army in 1967 to fight against Nigeria in a combat that was a foregone conclusion. "They had jet fighters, we had machetes," he recalled. The rebel province in southeast Nigeria declared independence on May 30, 1967, triggering a bitter civil war that would leave more than one million dead, most of them from famine and disease. Th ... more
Taormina, Italy (AFP) May 27, 2017
Africa, so close yet so far from G7 summit
Kigali (AFP) May 29, 2017
Rwanda to control presidential candidates' social media use
Lagos (AFP) May 24, 2017
Nigeria seizes illegal arms shipment


Super Hornets to get infrared search and track system
Washington (UPI) May 26, 2017
Boeing has received an $89 million contract to incorporate the Block II Infrared Search and Track System, or IRST, in the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet, the Department of Defense announced on Thursday. The contract includes design and development, hardware procurement, technical reviews, risk reduction, and product support and engineering tasks. Work will be conducted in Orlando, Fla., ... more
Washington (UPI) May 23, 2017
Sikorksy awarded contract for King Stallion helicopters
Washington (UPI) May 23, 2017
Military, civilian aviation leaders meet over pilot shortage issues
Washington (UPI) May 24, 2017
Northrop Grumman receives E-2D contract
Trump joins new-look G7 amid trade, climate discord
Taormina, Italy (AFP) May 26, 2017
G7 leaders meet Friday determined to put on a display of united resolve in the fight against jihadist terrorism, despite deep divisions on trade and global warming. The two-day summit in Sicily's ancient hilltop resort of Taormina kicks off four days after children were among 22 people killed in a concert bomb attack in Manchester. British Prime Minister Theresa May will lead a discussio ... more
San Francisco (AFP) May 24, 2017
Chinese tech firm LeEco reverses course in US, cuts 325 jobs
Beijing (AFP) May 24, 2017
Germany calls for better EU market access to China
Beijing (AFP) May 24, 2017
Moody's cuts China's rating on debt fears
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Montenegro's anti-NATO lobby jeers as Trump pushes PM aside
Podgorica, Montenegro May 26, 2017
Footage of US President Donald Trump appearing to push aside Montenegro's prime minister at the NATO summit were being relished Friday by those opposed to the Balkan country joining the military alliance. Caught on camera, the incident showed Trump making his way to the front of a lineup of leaders for a NATO family portrait, pushing past Montenegro's Dusko Markovic at Thursday's summit in ... more
Beijing (AFP) May 29, 2017
China rebukes G7 over statement on seas
Warsaw (AFP) May 26, 2017
Poland has 'no doubt' about US commitment to NATO: minister
Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2017
China says fighter jets' intercept of US plane 'safe'


Taiwan steel plant opens in Vietnam after fish deaths
Hanoi (AFP) May 29, 2017
A Taiwanese steel firm behind a toxic waste dump that killed tonnes of fish in Vietnam last year started operations on Monday, state media in Hanoi reported. The incident was one of the worst environmental disasters in Vietnam, decimating livelihoods along the central coast and sparking angry protests that continue today. The $11-billion Formosa steel plant in central Ha Tinh province w ... more
Carletonville, South Africa (AFP) May 28, 2017
Tough times for S.Africa town blighted by mine closure
Hobart, Australia (SPX) May 23, 2017
37 million bits of litter on remote islands
Beijing, China (SPX) May 19, 2017
Ozone and haze pollution weakens land carbon uptake in China
UN braces for up to 200,000 Iraqis to flee Mosul
United Nations, United States (AFP) May 26, 2017
As many as 200,000 Iraqis may try in the coming days to flee areas of Mosul under the control of the Islamic State group after the government asked civilians to seek safety across the frontline, the UN aid chief said Friday. Iraqi forces launched the operation to retake Mosul in October, advancing on the city and recapturing its eastern side before setting their sights on the smaller but mor ... more
Washington (AFP) May 26, 2017
Why civilian deaths in Iraq and Syria are increasing
Toulouse, France (SPX) May 26, 2017
Airbus Foundation and Airbus BizLab seek innovative concepts for humanitarian challenges
Washington (UPI) May 25, 2017
Witnesses to trauma can develop irrational fears


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